I have an almost new fuel tank to replace my rather tired original.
All looks fairly straight forward but I'm wondering about the main pipe from the filler cap into the tank, says sod all in the Haynes manual and from experience, I'm thinking it will be too much to hope for that the 23 year old seal will come out ok and then reseal into the new tank?

Any pointers appreciated.... this underside clean up seemed like a good idea at the time

 

Hi mate did mine a couple of years back had no probs using the original seal and its still ok

 

Cheers for that.
Wondering if all the silly wee clips for the sender wires, fuel pipes etc are still available form Ford as mines are all a tad rusty!

 

Replaced all mine with stainless steel clips i bought from a hardware shop near me

 

carefully remove the clips one by one before touching the tank, bit of penertrating fluid will do the trick

ive never changed the seal either, be worth taking the neck out after the tank to was the 25+yrs of road dirt out of that area while its out